Same question, different answers: A comparison of global health assessments using visual analogue scales

Quality of Life Research

Volumn 18, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1285-1292

  Harrison, Mark J ^a   Boonen, Annelies ^b   Tugwell, Peter ^c   Symmons, Deborah P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Arthritis; Outcome assessment (health care); Quality of life; Reproducibility of results; Rheumatoid

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTH ASSESSMENT QUESTIONNAIRE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUALITY OF LIFE; RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS; SECONDARY ANALYSIS; VISUAL ANALOG SCALE;

ARTHRITIS, RHEUMATOID; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PAIN MEASUREMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 72949120361     PISSN: 09629343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11136-009-9546-3     Document Type: Article

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